Possession drills for U13-U14

Keep the shape and find the free man. Occupy your zone, give a passing angle on the half-turn, and progress the ball line by line as the press commits and frees a teammate.

Play out with a dropping pivot. Drop the holding midfielder between the centre-backs to make a spare man, feed him, receive on the half-turn, and progress past the press.

Break down a low block. Probe and recirculate to shift a compact defence to one side, then switch quickly to the free man on the far side to penetrate and finish before they recover.

Manipulate the defence with an overload, then switch to isolate a free attacker. Combine to draw the defenders, recognise the moment they commit, and switch quickly to the player left 1v1 in space.

Use the false-nine drop to create and exploit space. Drop off to receive and drag the marker out, then slip a runner into the space behind before the defence adjusts.